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Hollywood Beach · 04:10 AM

Took some time to head out to the beach yesterday to relax and snap some shots...

Here are the ones I liked....

This last one ( which I really liked ) was ruined due to all the apparent micro dust inside of my lens... something I was not aware of....

cupic · 06-08-2008, 06:49 AM

You got the exposure spot on(cant see the error in the last one)

cheers

Sergei · 06-08-2008, 07:13 AM

very nice, like the compositions.

Truax_photo · 06-08-2008, 07:23 AM

The colors are unreal on these shots! So vivid. The last shot is really nice... Not sure where the microdust is...

ve2vfd · 06-08-2008, 09:31 AM

Wow belle job Paul!!! Il dois faire chaud en chien la-bas!

The colours are really stunning!

I was on Hallandale beach right next to there a few months ago and would take a walk up to Hollywood on the beach almost every day for a stroll up the boardwalk.

Pat

paulsoucy · 06-09-2008, 04:43 AM

Thanks for all the compliments guys!!

daacon · 06-09-2008, 06:22 AM

Very nice - I love the colors as others mentioned.

pop4 · 06-09-2008, 06:39 AM

Great shots, lovely vibrant colors. My pick would be the first and last shots.

barbosas · 06-09-2008, 08:16 AM

Great shots!!

Very vibrant and sharp

bigben91682 · 06-09-2008, 01:17 PM

Absolutely love #1, very dramatic sky-cover and great composition of sunny subjects.

vizjerei · 06-09-2008, 01:24 PM

wow how did you do it? please tell plz...~

ve2vfd · 06-09-2008, 03:01 PM

It's kinda funny 'cause when I was there I was looking at that gate and wondering how I could take an interesting pic of it... and you nailed it!!!

Pat

paulsoucy · 06-09-2008, 03:34 PM

I shot all these RAW and processed each one accordingly....

The time each photo was taken was about 3 or 4 afternoon and the sun was just starting to arch down westward.. so it was almost directly overhead but to an angle

I used AV mode on all the photos that way I could decide whether I wanted shallow depth or deep depth of field because it was so bright there was not a need to worry about shutter speed...

I have my camera set when I use AV that the rear dial is exposure compensation.. so on a few of the photos i dialed it down a bit so as not to blow out the highlights, I figured I would bring them back in RAW if needed...

The adjustments made in RAW typically were to just kick up the vibrance some, bring up the fill light, then back it off by adding in some black and then tweak the colors in the groups

Paul

paulsoucy · 06-09-2008, 03:39 PM

Here are 2 more from that set...

I thought this next composition made good use of contrast ( specifically larger vs. smaller )

More cool palm trees with the nice sky in the background...

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06-08-2008, 07:13 AM	#3
Sergei Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney AUSTRALIA Photos: Gallery Posts: 116	Very Kodachrome, very nice, like the compositions.

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06-08-2008, 06:49 AM	#2
cupic Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia-NSW Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,824	You got the exposure spot on(cant see the error in the last one) cheers

06-08-2008, 07:23 AM	#4
Truax_photo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wisconsin, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 142	The colors are unreal on these shots! So vivid. The last shot is really nice... Not sure where the microdust is...

06-08-2008, 09:31 AM	#5
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	Wow belle job Paul!!! Il dois faire chaud en chien la-bas! The colours are really stunning! I was on Hallandale beach right next to there a few months ago and would take a walk up to Hollywood on the beach almost every day for a stroll up the boardwalk. Pat

06-09-2008, 04:43 AM	#6
paulsoucy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126 Original Poster	Thanks for all the compliments guys!!

06-09-2008, 06:22 AM	#7
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Very nice - I love the colors as others mentioned.

06-09-2008, 06:39 AM	#8
pop4 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: YMML Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,879	Great shots, lovely vibrant colors. My pick would be the first and last shots.

06-09-2008, 08:16 AM	#9
barbosas Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lisbon Photos: Gallery Posts: 683	Great shots!! Very vibrant and sharp

06-09-2008, 01:17 PM	#10
bigben91682 Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 728	Absolutely love #1, very dramatic sky-cover and great composition of sunny subjects.

06-09-2008, 01:24 PM	#11
vizjerei Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,418	wow how did you do it? please tell plz...~

06-09-2008, 03:01 PM	#12
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	It's kinda funny 'cause when I was there I was looking at that gate and wondering how I could take an interesting pic of it... and you nailed it!!! Pat

06-09-2008, 03:34 PM	#13
paulsoucy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126 Original Poster	I shot all these RAW and processed each one accordingly.... The time each photo was taken was about 3 or 4 afternoon and the sun was just starting to arch down westward.. so it was almost directly overhead but to an angle I used AV mode on all the photos that way I could decide whether I wanted shallow depth or deep depth of field because it was so bright there was not a need to worry about shutter speed... I have my camera set when I use AV that the rear dial is exposure compensation.. so on a few of the photos i dialed it down a bit so as not to blow out the highlights, I figured I would bring them back in RAW if needed... The adjustments made in RAW typically were to just kick up the vibrance some, bring up the fill light, then back it off by adding in some black and then tweak the colors in the groups Paul

06-09-2008, 03:39 PM	#14
paulsoucy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126 Original Poster	Here are 2 more from that set... I thought this next composition made good use of contrast ( specifically larger vs. smaller ) More cool palm trees with the nice sky in the background...

Hollywood Beach

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